Contents tagged with Ukraine
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IMF rejects Poroshenko’s draft bill on Anti-Corruption Court
The International Monetary Fund believes that the bill to establish the Anti-Corruption Court (ACC), as submitted by President Petro Poroshenko, does not meet Ukraine’s obligation to the IMF, as stated in a letter from the head of the mission of the IMF in Ukraine, Ron van Roden, to the Presidential administration of Ukraine. The document, copies of which were sent to the Prime Minister, the Speaker of the parliament, and several ministers, was published by Yevropeyska Pravda.
In the letter, …
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Hungary accuses Ukraine of making new restrictions on the rights of national minorities
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has claimed that Ukraine is making new restrictions on the rights of national minorities.
A corresponding statement by Szijjártó was posted on the Hungarian Foreign Ministry’s website.
"Instead of mitigating the conflicts, Ukraine has made further proposals for the restriction of language use and citizenship. For instance, it will be compulsory to display a Ukrainian transcript of the dialogue during theatre productions, and Hungarian newspapers will …
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Lavrov: Ukraine violated the Budapest Memorandum not Russia
By allowing the Maidan (Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity), the Budapest Memorandum was violated by Ukraine, not Russia, which “never used” nuclear weapons against the Ukrainian state, stated Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at a press conference in Moscow on Monday, January 15.
“We have answered these questions many times, including those connected to the Budapest Memorandum of 1994, according to which Ukraine renounced nuclear weapons and Russia pledged not to use nuclear weapons against …
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Ukrainian Ambassador to Belarus: conflict in the Donbas is the only conflict in which UN does not show any involvement
The conflict in Donbas is the only conflict in the world in the postwar period that goes without any involvement of the United Nations, said Roman Bezsmertnyi, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine (2010-2011) to Belarus on the ZIK TV-program.
Commenting on the situation in the Donbas, Bezsmertnyi said it was important that Ukraine invoke all current pertaining laws, especially the Defense Law and provisions of the Martial Law.
“Because I cannot resist the thought that some …
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Washington expressed readiness to assist Ukraine in creating Financial Investigation Service
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network or FinCEN is ready to help Ukraine to establish financial investigation services, the Minister of Finance of Ukraine, Oleksandr Danyliuk said after a meeting with the Deputy Director of the FinCEN, Jamal El-Hindi in the USA, the Ministry’s press service revealed on Sunday, January 14.
According to Danyliuk, the State agency is satisfied with the level of cooperation with Ukraine and it intends to actively monitor the process of forming Financial …
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Georgian Legion Commander: we moved to another brigade within Ukrainian Armed Forces
The "Georgian Legion" taking part in the military operation of the Ukrainian Army in the Donbas did not leave the Ukrainian Armed Forces; rather, the unit moved to another brigade, said the Legion’s commander, Mamuka Mamulashvili, RBC news agency reports.
"[The issue] was an internal conflict with the leadership of the 54th brigade, which we left. We moved to another brigade with a more competent commander. The ‘Georgian Legion’ will not leave Ukraine until the war is won and until the …
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Ukrainian military shot down third Russian drone since the beginning of ceasefire in the Donbas
Since December 23, when the New Year-Christmas ceasefire in the Donbas began, Ukrainian anti-aircraft defense units have shot down third enemy drone, the press center of the headquarters of the Ukrainian Military in Donbas reports.
"In the area of the ATO (Anti-Terrorist Operation), the air defense unit shot down a Russian-made Orlan-10 UAV. Since the beginning of the ceasefire (December 23), this is the third downed UAV of this type," the report said.
It was noted that Orlan-10 is an …
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Russian parliament may refuse to recognize Ukrainian borders
Konstantin Zatulin (United Russia), First Deputy Chairperson of the State Duma committee for CIS affairs, Eurasian integration and relations with Russian nationals abroad, proposed that the Russian-Ukrainian Friendship Treaty be renounced with respect to the section where the countries recognize each other’s territorial borders, RIA Novosti reports. The MP believes that the treaty favors Ukraine “one-sidedly”.
“In an article of the treaty we recognize the territorial borders of Ukraine, and …
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Ukrainian banker: Kyiv brings a plane full of US dollars each day to satisfy booming demand for foreign currency
In recent days, there has been an excessive demand for foreign currency in Ukraine. Every day, a plane loaded with cash dollars lands at the Boryspil airport, claims the Managing Director of Credit Optima Bank, Ihor Lvov, reported ubr.ua.
According to the financier, one to two planes per week were enough for Ukrainians before the New Year. Imported cash was given not to currency exchange offices for net sale for population but for payment of deposits and money transfers.
“There was more than …
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Ukrainian General: During the annexation of Crimea, Russia was ready to send Special Forces to Kyiv airports
During the annexation of the Crimea, Russia planned to deploy commandoes in the airports of Kyiv, said Major-General of the Armed Forces Ihor Hordiychuk in an interview with ATR TV. "Tactical nuclear weapons of 152 mm caliber and above were ready. It was likely that as soon as we put up military resistance in the Crimea, neither NATO nor the US nor Europe would take our side. On the contrary, we would face accusations. We intercepted the conversations where they [the Russians] planned to land …